Creating hot-spare disks

Create a hot-spare disk to automatically replace a failed disk in a RAID environment.

Before you begin

Formata disk for advanced function if you want to use it as a hot spare disk.

Complete the following steps to create hot-spare disks:

Run the iprconfig utility by typing iprconfig.
Select Work with disk arrays.
Select Create a hot spare.
Select the adapter for which you want to create hot spares and press Enter.
Select the disks that you want to designate as hot spares and press Enter.
Attention: All data on the selected drives will be lost when the disks are configured as hot spares.
To configure the disks as hot spares, press Enter. If you do not want to configure the disks as hot spares, type q to cancel.